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The photographs in Annie Griffiths Belt's memoir, A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel, are stunning, which is no surprise given her 30 years as a National Geographic photographer. Interspersed among her images - of a farmer struggling against the frigid North Dakota wind, women in Jerusalem worshipping during Ramadan, her own children snuggling with Bedouins - are stories about her life, taking...

eart of gold. Gold at the end of the rainbow. Goldilocks, gold rush, golden mean. In The Power of Gold, Peter Bernstein investigates the phenomenon responsible for so much love and theft, bloodshed and joy. Gold is as much a symbol to us as an actual precious metal (its symbol in the periodic table is Au, as in aurora, or shining like the dawn). Its presence in myth bears this out, as...

Audio Column by Eliza McGraw

Heart of gold. Gold at the end of the rainbow. Goldilocks, gold rush, golden mean. In The Power of Gold, Peter Bernstein investigates the phenomenon responsible for so much love and theft, bloodshed and joy. Gold is as much a symbol to us as an actual precious metal (its symbol in the periodic table is Au, as in aurora, or shining like the dawn).Its presence in myth bears this out, as Bernstein...